Do you ever get ideas in your head and they just don’t go away?
I’m in an interesting spot in my life at the moment. I feel like I’m spending more time trying to decide the kind of person I want to be when I grow up. More specifically, I want to be someone who is always learning, always stretching, and always progressing. Not for the sake of knowledge, but for the sake of growth.
I have a deep desire to develop leaders. But as I age, I never want to stop growing. I want leaders around me to be challenged and inspired because of their interactions with me.
So, how do I accomplish that? I don’t have a solid answer, other than knowing I need to build some routines into my life.
For example, at the beginning of 2019 I started something called The Miracle Morning. It has helped me add structure to the beginning of my day, and is possibly one of my favorite parts of my day. It’s become a solid routine.
In 2019, I also set a goal to finish 36 books, with a healthy mix of audio and physical. I was able to accomplish that goal, but I actually never established a routine. To this day (I’m about halfway to my goal this year), reading is still not part of my routine.
But there’s a danger to routine. Routine, when we allow it to be done mindlessly, quickly becomes a rut. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Routines allow us to grow. So, what three routines in your life help you grow? How are you intentionally building those routines to set you up for the future?
If you want a refresher, I actually wrote about Routines vs Ruts two years ago. You can read those posts here, here, and here.
Stick around for Thursday, and I’ll talk some more about the dangers of routines turning into ruts.
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